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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2019 Dec 11;14(2):179–187. doi: 10.1007/s11764-019-00843-0

Table 2.

Employment and HRQoL Characteristics of Working-age survivors with controlled versus uncontrolled pain, BRFSS, 2016 (n = 259)

Controlled pain Uncontrolled pain
Variable Unweighted frequency (n = 196) Weighted percentage (95% CI) Unweighted frequency (n = 63) Weighted percentage (95% CI) p-value*
Employment <.001
Employed 102 50.62 (41.06–60.19) 17 20.18 (10.13–30.24)
Non-employed 94 49.38 (39.81–58.94) 46 79.82 (69.76–89.87)
Health-related quality of life Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Physically unhealthy days 7.88 (10.18) 15.93 (11.83) <.001
Mentally unhealthy days 7.00 (9.40) 12.09 (12.09) <.001
Days interference 6.23 (9.77) 12.77 (11.69) <.001
*

Note: Chi-square test for proportions and two-tailed t-test for means comparing those with controlled versus uncontrolled pain.

*

Note: Data are from 9 states that administered the optional Cancer Survivorship Module in 2016 ( (Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin)

*

Note: BRFSS = Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.